METHOD FOR PRODUCING ALUMINUM STRUCTURE AND ALUMINUM STRUCTURE

There is provided a method for producing an aluminum structural body, including an electrical conduction treatment of forming an electrically conductive layer made of aluminum on a surface of a resin molded body and a plating process of plating the resin molded body subjected to the electrical conduction treatment with aluminum in a molten salt bath. Even with a porous resin molded body having a three-dimensional network structure, the method allows the surface of the porous resin molded body to be plated with aluminum, thus forming a high-purity aluminum structural body having a uniform thick film. Porous aluminum having a large area is also provided.